Matylda

Matylda was the #1,719 girls' name in England & Wales in 2025 (17 babies).

Matylda as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
Matylda as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, IrelandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020England & Wales
Matylda as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, IrelandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIreland
2025—#1,719 (17)———
2024—#2,772 (9)——#898 (3)
2023#11,169 (8)#1,410 (22)——#856 (3)
2022#15,306 (5)#1,383 (23)#625 (4)——
2021—#1,161 (29)#792 (3)—#883 (3)
2020#7,969 (13)#1,013 (33)——#628 (5)
2019#7,716 (14)#806 (46)#765 (3)—#871 (3)
2018#10,545 (9)#1,059 (33)#809 (3)#361 (4)#568 (6)
2017#11,615 (8)#949 (39)#501 (6)—#524 (7)
2016#14,331 (6)#955 (38)#502 (6)—#390 (11)
2015#10,866 (9)#775 (50)#653 (4)—#751 (4)
2014#10,129 (10)#1,040 (34)——#404 (11)
2013#11,969 (8)#882 (42)——#660 (5)
2012#14,962 (6)#1,210 (27)#665 (4)—#677 (5)
2011#9,150 (12)#858 (42)——#359 (13)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in England & Wales in 2019 at #806.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in England & Wales in 2001.

How common is it?

about 1 in 15,000 baby girls in the published England & Wales list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

Next year

On its recent trend, Matylda is likely to keep falling in England & Wales in 2026: about 1 in 24,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 12,000 to 1 in 50,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.